Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

48 reviews

xerlynz_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I didn’t expect much from this but considering I finished it in one sitting I guess I did enjoy it more than I thought.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

jamby4546's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Torture, Slavery, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

danameow's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse and Rape

maevebillings's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Blood, and Transphobia

malima's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Poison study starts with Yelena, a girl that has been in prison for a year because she killed the son of a powerful man, both of which had tortured her, being selected to become the food taster of the Commander, Ixia's ruler, after the previous one had died.
She learns to recognise poisons and to defend herself, she makes some friends, falls in love, finds out she has magic, and gets involved in the country's politics.
Mostly, this book is okay. It's exactly what you'd expect from a YA Fantasy book, nothing less, nothing more. Nothing bad about it, but also nothing special about it. 
All the relationships - both platonic and romantic - somewhat lack chemistry, but not to a degree that makes them unbelievable either.
I kept reading because it was an enjoyable enough read and I had no reason to stop, but planned not to continue with the sequel. Luckily, the end does pick up, and once we get to know more about the political plot brewing inside Ixia and Yelena gets involved in it, the plot did catch my interest.
The relationships didn't become any more interesting, though, but the dimension of their political allyship between Yelena and her love interest made me willing to overlook their lack of chemistry towards the end.
There is no way this series will become one of my favourites, but the glimpse we got into the magical and political landscape in Ixia and its neighbour Sitia towards the end, makes me think the series will probably turn out to be in overall an enjoyable, if mediocre, read after all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Trafficking and Transphobia

There's a character who says transphobic things, but these are turned against themselves, as they are trans themselves and call their transness a "mutilation"

stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Murder, Excrement, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Outing, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction and Suicidal thoughts

mango5564's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Physical abuse

zia_c's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

1.75

The story had its moments of intrigue, but I couldn't fully enjoy it because of the YA writing style and the closed-door romance. It just didn't click with my personal preferences, you know? But hey, I'm sure there's a whole bunch of readers out there who absolutely love that kind of writing and will devour this book. 

So if you're into that vibe, go ahead and give it a shot. It might be exactly what you're looking for!

Characters - Yelena | Valek | Commander Ambrose | Jenco | Ari | Irys | Mogkan | Brazzel 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault

jgalla's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Blood, Confinement, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Vomit, Violence, Sexual violence, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

pearlbasilisk's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape